TEACHER TRAINING

The Gyan Yoga Teacher Training is certainly unique.
Yogis or Non-Yogis, Desk Jockeys or fitness professionals, Beginners or Advance students all are welcome
to join teacher training. You do not have to be a yoga expert to sign up for teacher training. The teacher
training enhances and deepens your practice that leads to healthy and spiritual life style.

Teacher Training Options

1 Months course

3 Months flexible course (can be completed in up to 5 months)

We help to create an inspiring, deep and centuries old yoga practice, while providing thorough
preparation for the aspiring yoga teachers. We are honored to bring together the yogis who are living the
life of yoga in 21st century as a part of our faculty. They have been practicing yoga since their childhood
and learn from the land of yoga. This has given them unique ability to connect with the new students.

Gyan Yoga teacher training meets and exceeds the Yoga alliance teacher training standard.
Traditional and authentic style of teacher training offered at Gyan yoga attracts existing
Yoga instructors to advance their practice and teaching skills.
After completion of the entire training program, you will be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance under RYT 200 category.

The course is challenging and not restricted to the following levels:

Physical

Mental

Emotional

Spiritual

Ethical

Moral

Knowledge

Practice

Meditation

Karma level

Apart of practicing twice daily, trainee's study:

Anatomy

Yoga history

Yoga philosophy

Teaching methodology

Alignment

Yoga studio set up (Yoga studio is not just a business)

Ayurveda

Healthy eating

Proper Diet

1 month teacher training and 3 months teacher training, offers the parameters, framework and discipline
to enhance the teacher's own practice, which is the most effective way of becoming independent and
confident teaching.

The program is excellent not only for those who wish to be a Yoga teacher, but also
for those looking to:

* When calculating tax, please add 13% with in Canada(5% for Alberta). International students are not
subject to tax on the training.
** We accept applications on an ongoing basis. Please note that our training generally fill up quickly. The
early you apply, the better!

COURSE OUTLINE

Some mornings will start with the practice of Yoga asana and others will start with the practice of
pranayama. No prior experience is required for pranayama, however some experience is welcomed for
poses. Meditation will be practiced after every pranayama session.

AsanaMost classes will be led by Gourav, Rishi and Rahul the training Facilitators, however there will be other
guest teachers who are also experienced Yoga trainers. Each class will focus on growth, exploration,
enhancement, healing, improving strength, flexibility, endurance along with proper breathing. A variety of
different teachers with their own unique teaching styles will provide you the opportunity to observe and
cultivate your style and confidence.

Practice TeachingAll students will be provided with the opportunity to practice yoga teaching in a small group with
your fellow students. Each student will be given feedback to improve upon their own teaching
style. These sessions will boost your confidence and enhance your practice allowing you to improve
your teaching skills.

Teaching MethodologyOur teaching methodology will give you the chance to deeply engage with your yoga practice first so
that you become comfortable. This is the chance to learn how to create, the art of teaching skills. We
explore teaching techniques such as:

Voice projection

Utilizing Key words (trigger)

Body language

Use of visualization to convey information.

Names of the postures (Sanskrit and English)

How to create supportive environment for New Yogis.

How to prepare for teaching.

Prepare the choreography

Modification/AdjustmentsWhen a new student comes up to a yoga instructor and says I unable to touch my toes. Modification/
adjustments are the best friends of students and Yoga instructors. In this module/section trainees will
learn how to modify and make adjustments for the different needs of the students. Some students are
stiff others are flexible. How to accommodate these students in a class is a challenge. This challenge can
be turned into an awesome experience for the students by modifications and adjustments.

Topics covered under modification/adjustment:

How to practice pose safely

How to safely go deeper in the Yoga pose

How to get into the pose

How to hold the pose

How to come out of the pose

Using verbal and hands-on adjustments, or just by using verbal choreography and body language, without hands-on adjustments.

This will cover "Hands-on adjustment" in great detail

Directing students to self-adjust

Recognizing limit

Holding of pose

Anatomy of Asana

Pranayama4th limb of Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Ancient yogis have put a great emphasis on the practice of pranayama. Exploring spiritual significance of
pranayama to the anatomical effects of it.

Learn how to inhale properly

Learn how to exhale properly

Learn how to hold breath properly

Learn how pranayama can help in the practice of yoga poses.

Learn how pranayama can help to relax a wandering mind.

Mantra chantingVadic/Sanskrit meaningful words addressed to God and or Demi-God that helps control the part of mind
that influence our senses and desire. Chanting is repetition of those mantras.

Correct pronunciation of Mantras

English translation of mantras

Significance of particular mantra.

BhandasGreat yogi Swami Swatmaram has described Bhandas in his famous book Hatha yoga Pradeepika.
We will explore:

Udiyan Bandha

Mula Bandha

Jalandra Bandha

Mahabandha

Yoga philosophy

Bhagvad gita, Patanjali Yoga sutra, Hatha yoga pradipika.

PRESENTATION

Teacher trainees will be required to give a short presentation on some topic. Topics could be provided or
chosen by the students. This will provide opportunity to share their experience with other students. This
will boost their confidence and prepare them for teaching in real class room. Etc.

GYAN YOGA CO-FOUNDER and FACULTY

GOURAVGourav started practicing Yoga when he was 8 years old. Like most Yoga students, he began by
learning Yoga poses. By 10 years of age he was competing in Yoga championships. He won a few Yoga
championships in India. But his quest for Yoga did not end at Yoga poses. He travelled to North India to
the Himalayan Mountains to feel Yoga! The feeling of Yoga in the Himalayas took his Yoga practice and
Yoga teaching to the next level. Gourav learned "pranayama" breathing exercise and "Dhyana" meditation
in the Himalayas. Yoga poses coupled with awareness of right breathing, brings awesome results in your
fitness and overall relaxation. We invite you at Gyan Yoga to feel an authentic style of Yoga practice. You
can't forget to breathe in Gyan Yoga classes.

RISHIRishi started practicing yoga at the age of 8. At the age of 12 he underwent formal training and in the next
four years won two regional annual yoga competitions. He learned Pranayama can build a healthy body
and mind. He came to believe; yoga can not only calm your mind but can also help you develop a strong
will, enabling you to do anything. This realization started Rishi's studies in meditation, chanting and deep
concentration techniques. Study of meditation led to the study of mantras, sets of words repeated in your
mind during meditations.

RAHULWith 2 yoga champions at home, it was obvious to practice Yoga. I started practicing Yoga with my
brothers at the age of 14. Apart from fitness I was interested in spiritual and restorative aspect of Yoga.
No other place is better than Himalayan Mountains to go deep in the restorative and spiritual side of
yoga. My quest for Yoga took me to the source of river Ganges "Gomukh". Yoga and meditation with
Sadhus left me with nothing but an admiration for the art and science of Yoga.

TAMARA (Tripura)Tripura arrived in her first yoga class nearly 20 years ago. Like many people, she was seeking some relief
for body and mind during a stressful time. Having been a gymnast all her life, she found comfort and
familiarity in the yoga poses. But more than gymnastics had offered, yoga gave her a chance to build a
rewarding new inner strength and deeply relieve tension in body, mind and soul. No stranger to physical
discipline, she also discovered the benefits of mental discipline.

Several years later, during another crisis moment in her life, Tripura decided she needed some profound
change and a new direction. She took her Yoga Teachers' Training via the International Sivananda Yoga
Vedanta Organization and was awakened to the spiritual side of yoga as well.

For the past 12 years she has been teaching the full synthesis of yoga to people of all ages and abilities,
including poses (asanas), breathing (pranayama), relaxation, meditation, chanting and yoga philosophy
(vedanta). Throughout the years she has made many trips to India for advanced yoga training, and for the
past two years has been a Teacher Trainer for the Sivananda Organization.